Local notes and visiting familiar faces from several towns
Arlington visitors and local residents are noted with Miss Bertha Conaway in Columbus and Mrs Hill in Carthage visiting Emma Benjamin. Ed Hurst and son Charles work in Carthage. Nina Ford of Rushville visits Robert Moores. Ollie McDaniel and Mrs Bila Phelps visited town. Eddie Heany of Indianapolis called on relatives. Forty residents joined a Dayton excursion. New street lights planned. grain merchants store large cargoes. a carload of fine sheep shipped to Indianapolis. Mrs Millie McDaniel of Indianapolis visits friends. Arthur Lee and family from Farmerton visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Lew Allan
Indianapolis
Bertha Conaway
Columbus
Hill
Carthage
Emma Benjamin
Ed Hurst
Charles
Greenfield Street
Nina Ford
Rushville
Robert Moores
Ollie McDaniel
Bila Phelps
Eddie Heany
Gene
Dayton
Tom Johnson
Nellie Snitz
Anderson
Millie McDaniel
Arthur Lee
Farmerton
Kodal Dyspepsia Cure Claim for Complete Digestion
O. S. Coffin asserts Kodal Dyspepsia Cure fully digests food in stomach and intestines enabling all foods to be assimilated and converted into strength building tissues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. S. Coffin
De Witt’s Little Early Risers Pill Ad
An 19th century testimonial endorses De Witt’s Little Early Risers as a faultless purge for the system. The pills are described as mild, pleasant to take, small in size, and free from objectionable drugs, according to O. S. Coffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
O. S. Coffin
William and Mary Oldest College in America
A Chicago Record correspondent notes William and Mary is America’s oldest college, though Harvard taught a class first. In 1685 Rev James Blair went to Virginia as a deputy to London’s bishop. Blair sought a higher education institution and in 1692 the king granted a charter with £2000 and crown lands revenues despite Seymour’s remonstrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William and Mary
Chicago Record
America
Harvard
James Blair
Virginia
London
England
Seymour
Reed
Blair
Wedding of Chorsh and Schneider Ends in Japan Mission Plan
A Friends' Church ceremony at South Eighth Street Friends' Church united Tul Chorsh and Elizabeth Schneider. The bride, a former missionary, and groom, Rev. Ney Binford, will sail for Japan in September, with plans to live in service to the church. Out-of-town guests from Cincinnati, Greenfield, Chicago, and other spots attended as pink and white roses decorated the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Eighth Street
Friends’ Church
Friends’ Society
Reo
Ney Binford
Japan
Elizabeth Schneidf
Hip Schneider
Friends
Gurney Hill
Ees
Theodore Miller
Brooklyn
N. Y
Edward Wildman
Oriel Bintord
Greenfiell
Edgar Stanahan
Jonesboro
Edgar Hiatt
Phillip Schneider Jr
Raymond Bintord
Martha Schneider
Allen Jay
Earlham
Dr. Marvel
Louisa Haff
Will Huff Earl Harold
Speer
Hite Water
Ellis
Elbert Wus
Quartette
Eilis
Charles Franciscofter
Fide
Gurnegill
Eliza Hill
William Hiatt
Ira Hiatt
Joseph Moore
Mececvoohn
Marci
Richmond
Kansas
John Rahn
Cincinnati
Porterfield
Olla O. Theodore Miller
Joah Bundy
Carthage
Ind
Mabel Risinzer
Eaton
Oriel Binford
Greenfield
Raymond Binford
Haviland
Kan
James Stein
Greenville
Lina Harkins
Hudson, Mich
Minnie Ropp
Versailles
John Hoxey
Chicago
Maggie and
Pearl Wesco
Elkhart
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Cures Piles Permanently
An advertisement touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a permanent cure for piles. It claims users are fully cured and remain so after treatment, attributed to O. B. Coffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
DeWitt
Dr Kings New Life Pills Offer Quick Headache Relief
A vintage therapeutic ad touts Dr King s New Life Pills promising rapid relief from sick and nervous headaches. Claims include purifying blood, strengthening nerves, and overall health boost with easy intake. Priced at 25 cents with money back if not cured, sold by O B Hill Co Druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
O. 8
Hill & Co. Druggists
Time for All Things and Constipation Relief
Historical ad copy promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a remedy for constipation biliousness sick headache indigestion and stomach or liver troubles. Endorsed by O B Coffin with persuasive claims of timely relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Coffin
Hancock County grants electric railway franchise
On Saturday the Hancock County Commissioners granted a franchise to Chas L Henry of Anderson Indiana over Vernon township roads for an electric railway. The line would run from Muncie to Indianapolis via Fortville and aim to begin operation by January 1 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock County
Chas. L. Henry
Anderson
Ind
Vernon Township
Muncie
Indianapolis
Fortville
Hancock Democrat
Sedalia Father Uses One Minute Cough Cure to Save Child
J A Schear of Sedalia Missouri saved his child from death by croup using One Minute Cough Cure. The product is advertised to cure coughs colds pneumonia la grippe and all lung and throat troubles. Olympic Steam Coffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Gallagher
Bryan
S. Coffin
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Senta N
J. A. Schear
Sedalia
Croup
O. S. Coffin
Edward A. Watson
Brooklyn
New York
Butter Maker Obadiah Sands Tops U S Dairy Output
Obadiah Sands of Illinois runs 160 creameries and 600 tons of salt yearly to produce 14 million pounds of butter earning 2.5 million dollars. He began with a small creamery twelve years ago and now supports 6 000 farms and 600 tons of salt yearly. Sands is described as the world’s largest butter producer despite humble origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obadiah Sands
Illinois
Obadah Sands
New York Sun
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Main and
Mill
Rider Direct
United States
Columbian Bicycle CO
Leveland, Chio
DR. Miles
Dr. Miles Medical Company
Will Hinshaw
Fred Hinshaw
Hinshaw Bros
Gountry
Chzeni
M F. Lovett
The
Empire Grocer
Hill&Co
John Bevins
Anthon, Tows
Chamberlain
Coffin & Co
Thomas Thurman
Troy
G.S. Coffin
W. F. Forsake CO
Binford-Schneider
South Kigtigy Street
Hee
Forshee & CO
Ohio
West 3Rd Street
Ed Swain
Rush
R. W. Cox
A. Dvar Hazelrigg
RF. Sendwill
Demorest’s
Indianapolis Journal
Indiana
Middle West
P O
S Goffin
Cartrage
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